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Michigan Dining, a Student Life auxiliary at the University of Michigan, has earned two grand prizes for the 2015 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, given by The National Association of College and University Food Services.

In the scariest moment of her life, Julia Walsh executed the critical steps that she had been trained for as a lifeguard. Her actions were not only decisive, they were serendipitous, as she rescued Dr. Rudi Ansbacher in the pool at the NCRB.

#InternDetroit

President Mark Schlissel speaks with attendees of the “U-M + Detroit” reception honoring Detroit interns. The U-M Student Interns in Detroit Summer Celebration took place July 28 at One Woodward Avenue. Nearly 300 people attended the event, including more than 150 interns. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

Researching Detroit

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Two dozen U-M students are conducting summer research for Detroit nonprofits and public agencies as part of the Detroit Community Based Research Program. In this video, Jenna Steiner, assistant director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program and coordinator the Detroit program, joins some of the students in discussing how the program works and what it seeks to achieve.

Mcity opens

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U-M's Mobility Transformation Center has opened Mcity, the world's first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars. This video provides an overview of the 32-acre "mini-city" on North Campus.

Old School

Batter up

Michigan in the News

"It could make health care more affordable because it gives them more leverage to negotiate with providers of care...but it could also give them more monopoly power in some markets and that might actually mean that it wouldn’t lower premiums for some consumers," said Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation, referring to health insurance giant Anthem's deal to purchase Cigna.

David Potter, professor of Greek and Roman history, was quoted in an article about the ISIS-occupied town of Palmyra, Syria, which was once ruled by a queen named Zenobia who dared to threaten the power of imperial Rome.

"It does really have an effect on what certain organizations do, when these larger companies step out and say, 'We're not financially supporting this anymore,'" said David Mayer, associate professor of management and organizations, on public criticism of FIFA by major sponsors Visa, Coca-Cola and Adidas — all of whom have yet to pull funding.